7-4. '^f^ Compkat Eorfemaf?, CHAP. III. 



Of the ^ are by nature fiery hot, too free, and hare-brained, and there- 



cholcnck ^^^^ cannot be very ftrong of conftitution ;, wherefore the 



joo^^^^' P^'^^^^'^ I'^i^^'^ bs very careful he do not adminifter any ftrong 



medicine to fuch a Horfe at any time, for fo he may foon de- 



Itroy him. -^ , 



Hippophilus. -5«f v^f Hippo fer us, I wonldbe glad to knovo of. 

 what Complexion that Horfe ts^ in whom all the four Complexions 

 do jointly meet ^ as namely in that Horfe -i that is either of a Brown- 

 Bay^ or a Dapple- Bay^ Dapple-Grey^ a Black fdl of Silver hairs .^ a 

 BiaikjRcne-t a Red-Ecne., or the lihe. 

 Ofthe h'ippojerus. Sir, as I cannot giveyoii more £/f.';2^;7^j than thefe 



fcurcom-|-Q^,^. before named, fo I sm notable to give you more than 

 meenn? ^"^^-^ Ceu.plexions -^ but yet that one Horje may participate of 

 in one" them all, is a thing pofl]bl^e,i|Ough, and this is the very bell 

 horfe, Cemplexicn of ail other ^ y^Sfend the moft perfed: For Hoifes 

 i^?'a in whom the four Complexions diO meet, cannot but be the bell 

 and mcfl ^^-^ ^°^ ^^^^ o^d\\ Other, "yea, and the bell iov f^ape^ for co-. 

 pcrfea. loHr^ and for mettle^ the foundeft and mofl healthy j for how- 

 foever they may accidentally fall into infirmities, neverthelefs 

 tiiey are not naturally inclinable to any j and therefore when 

 :?* a Ferrier fhall at any time have occafion to adminiiler unto 

 them, he mull be very circumfped the Phylick be pundually 

 adminiftred according to the nature of the difeafe, and he muil 

 examine both the caufe and time of his firfl languifliing j as 

 whether it be a ficknefs newly taken, or long before .; whether . 

 it proceeded of a Surfeit, hard riding. Evil-diet f &c. by 

 which means he may adminifter his Phylick (whether Pills, Po- 

 tions, or Clyfters) the more lecurely : For medicines given 

 upon a firft ficknefs, and before the Horfe be far Jpent and 

 weakned through the dillemper of the malady, m^y be com- 

 pounded theilronger, and will work to more effed ^ but after 

 a long ficknels, when as thQ fpirits both vitalzvA animai L^re en- • 

 feebled, the Elements Sirt in open rebellion each one againit the 

 other, andthe, humours in a confuled diftemper ^ then (1. fay) 

 inuft the Phyfical medicine be fo tempfled and ordered, foas 

 that nature muft be aflifted, but no way further perplexed or 

 troubled ^ whereby the evil humours mult be lent away, the 

 W^ clean fed and acquitted of the caufes of its diftemper, and. 

 then it will not belong before the poor Creature may recover 



ftrength 



